Last night we celebrated our anniversary in Seoul. We had dinner at Top Cloud which is a restaurant located on the top floor of the Millenium Plaza Building. The restaurant is run by the Shilla Hotel, a very beautiful hotel here in Seoul. In the background of this picture is the Millenium Plaza Building, the… Continue reading Happy Anniversary Seoul-style!
Joe and I went on a Cultural Tour of Gyeonggi-do last weekend. Just some background info, Gyeonggi-do, sometimes referred to as Kyeongi-do because Gs and Ks are interchangeable in Hangul, is the province we live in. Over 20% of Korea’s population, live in Gyeonggi-do and it encompasses Seoul and Suwon, two large cities in… Continue reading I Love Gyeonggi-do (do I really?)
Sundays are sacred days… I look forward to Sunday all week. After church and lunch with Joe my day begins to unfold. Laundry usually takes precedence, which surprisingly enough, I don’t mind on Sundays. Some Sundays I feel like sewing or scrapbooking, sometimes I feel like reorganizing the house. Some Sundays, much like today, baking… Continue reading Sundays
Well the May Amy Butler In Stitches Sew-Along assignment was the cute little pleated apron. It’s almost the end of June and I have two confessions: 1) I’m well past the deadline. C’est la vie! 2) I majorly overhauled this pattern. I freehanded this apron design using 4 French themed dishcloths. The AB pleated apron… Continue reading Late, late for a very important date…
I’m back from Tokyo although a 16 hour night sleep was in order… Jayme and I had an awesome time and it was way too short. I was definitely not ready to come back to stinky Korea. We stayed in Fussa, a little town outside Tokyo, where Yokota AB is located. Fussa is very cute,… Continue reading Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto! (Image heavy post)
Haircuts A little background info… I used to get my haircut only about twice a year, part of the reason was the fact that I was always trying to let it grow and then when I moved to NYC I couldn’t afford or rationalize paying $100 for a shampoo, cut and blowdry unless I had… Continue reading The most random post in the history of Joes Melans…
A conversation I had with Ally the other night – A little background info: Ally helped Joe and I shop for a used car earlier this month. She took us to a few used car dealerships in Pyeongtaek and translated for us. We ended up with a suh-weet Blue 1994 Hyundai Elantra Deluxe. Yes, a… Continue reading Conversation With Ally
We rescued our camera from Joe’s dorm at Humphreys this week (where we accidentally left it before heading to Seoul last weekend). So here are some pictures from the past few weeks. The Aukyung Mall in Suwon is a large mall/movie theater complex above the Suwon train station. Suwon is a college town located about… Continue reading Finally got the camera back…
We encounter daily cultural adventures when dining out and cooking in Korea. On Tuesday night we decided to try our luck at a new neighborhood restaurant so we went to one that is frequented by many Koreans and therefore, we thought, must be great, right? Large fish tanks outside should have given us an idea… Continue reading Culinary adventures in Korea
I played a game with my students today that I found on Dave’s ESL Cafe. The website has a wealth of information, and among other things, I like the extensive list of ESL games. I brought in 10 brown paper lunch bags each filled with a simple item (golf ball, toothpaste, pen, coin, candy, battery,… Continue reading A lion, a tiger, a pen, oh my!
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